Seabury Hall sweeps in D-II tournament

November 1, 2012

The Seabury Hall girls volleyball team got a pep talk from a visiting college coach and a superb hitting performance by setter Gabby Ratte in Wednesday's sweep of Hawaii Prep in the quarterfinals of the New City Nissan Girls State Division II?Tournament at Farrington High School.

The scores were 25-17, 25-21, 25-14.

"It was really great to see the girls come out focused," said Spartans coach Scottie Zucco. "We couldn't ask for anything more."

A couple of hours before the match, University of California, Santa Barbara coach Kathy Gregory spoke to the Seabury Hall team. The Gauchos will face Hawaii tonight.

"Kathy Gregory talked to the girls and it fired us up," Zucco said of the 10-minute talk. "They had their mouths wide open, listening to everything she was saying."

Ratte, a sophomore, had 12 kills and 27 assists for the No. 3-seeded Spartans.

Fact Box

New City Nissan Girls State Volleyball

Division I

Wednesday's Results

At McKinley and Kaimuki gyms

Consolation

Castle def. King Kekaulike 25-14, 25-18

Hilo def. Kalani 25-18, 25-15

Quarterfinals

Mililani def. No. 4 Kamehameha Hawaii 25-17, 25-20, 10-25, 25-23

No. 2 Kahuku def. Pearl City 25-11, 25-12, 25-17

Kamehameha Kapalama def. No. 3 Kamehameha Maui 25-15, 25-13, 25-20

No. 1 Punahou def. Moanalua 25-13. 25-14, 25-15

Today's Matches

At Kaimuki

Consolation

Moanalua vs. No. 4 Kamehameha Hawaii, 5 p.m.

Pearl City vs. No. 3 Kamehameha Maui, 7 p.m.

At McKinley

Semifinals

No. 1 Punahou vs. Mililani, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Kahuku vs. Kamehameha Kapalama, 7 p.m.

Division II

Wednesday's Results At Kalani and Farrington gyms

Consolation

Kaimuki def. Kailua 25-20, 17-25, 15-13

Konawaena def. Hawaii Baptist 27-25, 21-25, 15-8

Quarterfinals

No. 3 Seabury Hall def. Hawaii Prep 25-17, 25-21, 25-14

No. 4 Kau def. Waimea 21-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-22

No. 1 Saint Francis def. Hana 27-25, 25-16, 25-19

No. 2 Farrington def. La Pietra 25-22, 20-25, 25-19, 25-17

Today's Matches

At Farrington

Consolation

Hana vs. Waimea, 5 p.m.

La Pietra vs. No. 3 Hawaii Prep, 7 p.m.

At Kalani

Semifinals

No. 1 St. Francis vs. No. 4 Kau, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Farrington vs. No. 3 Seabury Hall, 7 p.m.

"Gabby Ratte was getting a lot of kills," Zucco said. "When you have a setter who can dump or spike, it can freeze opponents for sets to the middle."